Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 546 pages
- Published by: Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition: 1st Edition May 28, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0813824486
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813824482
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.9 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 2.6 pounds
Product Review
Rarely has an animal welfare training manual been as comprehensive and cogent as this 546-page compilation of thirty practical essays. Although this book is ostensibly earmarked for the small but growing specialty of animal shelter veterinarians, the chapters have awesome relevance to anyone who manages animal care and control shelters. This book should be a "bible" for anyone seeking to run a professional animal sheltering operation. Miller and Zawistowski, veterinary and science advisors, respectively, for the ASPCA, have assembled an impressive array of authorities, primarily from the veterinary field. The chapters include husbandry issues, such as nutritional challenges for shelter animals; care of dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, horses and small mammals; and the design and maintenance of healthy and efficient facilities. Four chapters discuss disease management. Seven chapters explore shelter and community programs such as behavior education, foster care, spay/neuter techniques, disaster medicine, feral cat management, and euthanasia. The introductory section includes a fascinating history of the evolution of animal shelters, a realist study of pet population dynamics, and the administrative and legal hurdles facing shelter vets. My primary interest in this book was the section on animal cruelty and its links to interpersonal violence, and I was most impressed. Chapters about animal abuse, the links, medical evaluation and documentation of animal abuse, veterinary forensics, equine abuse and animal fighting are extremely informative and truly ground breaking. Every shelter should have a copy of this book which, though expensive, presents a highly readable and useful guide for operations. It can easily form the basis for many staff training programs. Reviewed by Phil Arkow, Chair, Animal Abuse & Family Violence Prevention Project The Latham Foundation Reprinted courtesy of The Latham Letter Vol XXVII, Number 2, Spring 2006, quarterly publication of The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education www.latham.org.
Rarely has an animal welfare training manual been as comprehensive and cogent as this 546-page compilation of thirty practical essays. Although this book is ostensibly earmarked for the small but growing specialty of animal shelter veterinarians, the chapters have awesome relevance to anyone who manages animal care and control shelters. This book should be a “bible” for anyone seeking to run a professional animal sheltering operation.
Miller and Zawistowski, veterinary and science advisors, respectively, for the ASPCA, have assembled an impressive array of authorities, primarily from the veterinary field. The chapters include husbandry issues, such as nutritional challenges for shelter animals; care of dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, horses and small mammals; and the design and maintenance of healthy and efficient facilities. Four chapters discuss disease management. Seven chapters explore shelter and community programs such as behavior education, foster care, spay/neuter techniques, disaster medicine, feral cat management, and euthanasia.
The introductory section includes a fascinating history of the evolution of animal shelters, a realist study of pet population dynamics, and the administrative and legal hurdles facing shelter vets.
My primary interest in this book was the section on animal cruelty and its links to interpersonal violence, and I was most impressed. Chapters about animal abuse, the links, medical evaluation and documentation of animal abuse, veterinary forensics, equine abuse and animal fighting are extremely informative and truly ground breaking.
Every shelter should have a copy of this book which, though expensive, presents a highly readable and useful guide for operations. It can easily form the basis for many staff training programs.
Reviewed by Phil Arkow, Chair, Animal Abuse & Family Violence Prevention Project
The Latham Foundation
Reprinted courtesy of The Latham Letter Vol XXVII, Number 2, Spring 2006, quarterly publication of The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education www.latham.org.
Product Review
Rarely has an animal welfare training manual been as comprehensive and cogent as this 546-page compilation of thirty practical essays. Although this book is ostensibly earmarked for the small but growing specialty of animal shelter veterinarians, the chapters have awesome relevance to anyone who manages animal care and control shelters. This book should be a “bible” for anyone seeking to run a professional animal sheltering operation.
Miller and Zawistowski, veterinary and science advisors, respectively, for the ASPCA, have assembled an impressive array of authorities, primarily from the veterinary field. The chapters include husbandry issues, such as nutritional challenges for shelter animals; care of dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, horses and small mammals; and the design and maintenance of healthy and efficient facilities. Four chapters discuss disease management. Seven chapters explore shelter and community programs such as behavior education, foster care, spay/neuter techniques, disaster medicine, feral cat management, and euthanasia.
The introductory section includes a fascinating history of the evolution of animal shelters, a realist study of pet population dynamics, and the administrative and legal hurdles facing shelter vets.
My primary interest in this book was the section on animal cruelty and its links to interpersonal violence, and I was most impressed. Chapters about animal abuse, the links, medical evaluation and documentation of animal abuse, veterinary forensics, equine abuse and animal fighting are extremely informative and truly ground breaking.
Every shelter should have a copy of this book which, though expensive, presents a highly readable and useful guide for operations. It can easily form the basis for many staff training programs.
Reviewed by Phil Arkow, Chair, Animal Abuse & Family Violence Prevention Project
The Latham Foundation
Reprinted courtesy of The Latham Letter Vol XXVII, Number 2, Spring 2006, quarterly publication of The Latham Foundation for the Promotion of Humane Education www.latham.org.
Reader ReviewsThis textbook is certainly useful for people involved in animal shelters and rescue groups. It offers detailed, in-depth information about many aspects of animal sheltering. Don't expect cookbook formulas for the beginner though. Shelter medicine is a complex subject with no easy answers, and this is a text aimed at veterinarians and trained staff, so it contains some detailed scientific and medical information. It is a helpful and insightful resource.
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